Docket+ 22 January
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Highlights
- Operationalising the Framework for Evaluating Capability Against Information Influence Operations: A Case Study of the Psychological Defence Agency’s Courses (NATO StratCom CoE, 16 January)
- Attributing Digital Covert Action: the curious case of WikiSaudileaks (T&F, 18 January)
- The Framework to Counter Foreign State Information Manipulation (US Department of State, 18 January)
- Disinformation is rampant on social media – a social psychologist explains the tactics used against you (InfoEpi Lab, 4 January)
- Child Safety Online (Integrity Institute, 19 January)
- 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer (Edelman, January)
1. Academia & Research
1.1 Platforms & Technology
- Cyborgs for strategic communication on social media (ArXiv, 12 January)
- All Social Media Platforms Should Have Policy Prohibitions Against Harmful So-Called “Conversion Therapy” Content (Tech Policy Press, 17 January)
- An International Path Forward on National Security Access to Personal Data (Lawfare, 16 January)
- When it comes to social media, government shouldn’t usurp parents (RStreet, 15 January)
- Can Big Tech Contribute to Breaking Putin’s Censorship? (IRI, 17 January)